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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶MACGLASHANITE, prop. n. A member of a religious sect, not traced and phs. fictitious.Sc. 1898 Stevenson St. Ives xxvii.:
She has the root of the maitter! There's a remnant practically in most of the denoaminations. There's some in the McGlashanites, and some in the Glassites, and mony in the McMillanites, and there's a leeven even in the Estayblishment.
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